COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 23, 2021
By: , December 24, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 76 | 92,355 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 51 | 52,546 | |||
| Males | 25 | 39,806 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 89 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 2 | 4,948 | |||
| Hanover | 0 | 3,026 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 26 | 22,789 | |||
| Manchester | 0 | 6,004 | |||
| Portland | 0 | 2,525 | |||
| St. Ann | 17 | 6,932 | |||
| St. Catherine | 10 | 17,253 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,212 | |||
| St. James | 8 | 9,086 | |||
| St. Mary | 5 | 3,071 | |||
| St. Thomas | 5 | 3,971 | |||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,370 | |||
| Westmoreland | 2 | 5,168 | |||
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
|
63 | 9 | 4 | 76 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,446 | 6,962 | 3,947 | 92,355 | |
| NEGATIVE today
|
568 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 287 | 855 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
404,505 | 200,177 | 604,682 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
631 | 9 | 291 | 931 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
485,951 | 6,962 | 204,124 | 697,037 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 11.3% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 1* | 2,462 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 193 | |||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 347 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 150 | 64,732 | |||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 452 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,748 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalized | 92 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 24 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 11 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 3 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 14 | ||||
| Home | 24,377 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,169 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 1481 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,437 | |||
| Under Investigation | 76 | 83,032 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH
- A 67-year-old female from Trelawny
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing